Axon Development Updates 08/23/2023

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Improvements made in the past two weeks

Improvements on Axon:

New features:

• add version field to block header and proposal feat!: add version field to block header and proposal #1319
• import addresses with EIP-55 feat: import addresses with EIP-55 #1340

Refactors:

• implement read-write separation and merge rocksdb instance refactor!: read-write separation and merge rocksdb instance #1338
• improve error handling (fix: no default values when unexpected errors occurred #1303)
• get client version from crate and git refactor: get client version from crate and git #1309
• change the position of signature hash in interoperation verify refactor: change the position of signature hash in interoperation verify #1316
• use constant values as default values refactor: use constant values as default values #1320
• use derive apis to parse command line arguments refactor: use derive apis to parse command line arguments #1326
• split config and genesis to client config and chain spec refactor: split config and genesis to client config and chain spec #1332
• remove deprecated, move sync_txs_chunk_size out from consensusrefactor(config): remove deprecated, move sync_txs_chunk_size out from consensus #1333
• remove useless fields in BlockHeader refactor!: remove useless fields in BlockHeader #1339

Fixes:

• save genesis receipts fix(storage): genesis receipts should be saved #1302
• can’t use default values when unexpected errors occurred fix: no default values when unexpected errors occurred #1303
• revert directory renaming fix: revert directory renaming #1323
• gas limit conversion error fix(API): gas limit conversion error #1344
• unable to disable prometheus fix: prometheus could not be disabled #1348

Improvements on Spark

Finish construction of basic tests for all axon-related ckb-contracts.

What we are working on

• Prepare for the release of Axon v0.2.0-beta
• Fixing Spark test bugs, including axon-related ckb contracts